Freighters and Starbases -- When Do You Get the Bonus?

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Howdy.

It isn't clear to me when you get the bonus from starbases that have trade modules. Does the trade bonus apply to the entire route? Or only in the sectors the freighter is in that has the starbase?

And if it is only in the starbase sector, would an inverse tractor beam screw you over because the freighter moves through that sector faster (and therefore gets less bonus trade)?

Thanks.
/ds
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I believe someone else brought this up recently...no, wait I just scrolled down and it was you.

Of course, asking again makes sense, since I was the only person who posted in that thread, and all I did was bump it to get someone else to answer it. Go check out your old thread if you want to know what I said before...

- Ash

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
If you post through SDC, you have the option of sorting the thread list by poster, which would make it easier to find old threads you'd started. :)

- Ash

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
As I understnad the bonus info, it is only when the mini freighter is in that sector that you get the bump in income, that is why several people have posted that they build the sratbases along the entire route. ship speed shouldnt make much difference depending on where your world is, for instance if you are close to the near edge it would make no difference and if you are at the far edge it might make a small difference, assuming that the mini freighters don't have a constant speed the whole game.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I love lining my trade routes with trade bases. It's like Railroad Tycoon in space!
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I have never noticed any increase in trade revenue from starbase modules. I'd click on a freighter, record its revenue, save game, click end turn, record revenue again, load game, build a fully upgraded starbase with a stack of constructors, record revenue, click end turn, and check the revenue. There is absolutely zero change at all. If the bonus is applied anywhere, I am not seeing it.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Za H: was the freighter currently on the same sector as the starbase?

I begin to suspect the same thing, though. Either trade modules aren't working, or they only work in a different way, or their effect is minimal - certainly nothing like "the traderoute gives x% more money per turn".



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Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
At a guess, the income from a freighter is only recalculated at every 12 distance (ie, sector size) from home (at which time it increases by 5 or 10). So building a trade base won't be noticed until the next time a tradeship changes its value in that sector.

Trade bonuses DO work ... I plastered a route with trade bases and trippled the income, about.

Of course, remember that if a freighter says it gives an income of 100, building a 50% trade base will take that to 150 ONLY if you didn't have any trade bonuses already... if you already had a 100% trade bonus, you will only get 25 more from the 50% extra (50% bonus applied to the base value of the trader, which at 100 and 100% bonus was 50).



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